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Link please? I believe you, I just couldnt see revis holding out if they offered him 122 million. And still, how are they paying for all of this?

I've heard that said on talk radio several times. It's a 10 year contract though so the numbers are impressive but not otherworldly.

@Walrus - I understand the Jets owner is loaded, but I thought there were rules in place where your total team salary couldn't go up by more than 30% or something along those lines. The Jets have signed DBrick, Santonio Holmes, Antonio Cromartie, LDT, now Mangold, and still have Revis and David Harris to go. I don't see how it's possible to get all that money paid out without breaking the 30% rule.

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I've heard that said on talk radio several times. It's a 10 year contract though so the numbers are impressive but not otherworldly.

@Walrus - I understand the Jets owner is loaded, but I thought there were rules in place where your total team salary couldn't go up by more than 30% or something along those lines. The Jets have signed DBrick, Santonio Holmes, Antonio Cromartie, LDT, now Mangold, and still have Revis and David Harris to go. I don't see how it's possible to get all that money paid out without breaking the 30% rule.

I think the 30% rule only means that a player's salary cannot exceed a 30% increase in the first year of the new contract. So most of these contracts probably have a negligible raise the first year and jump way up after that.

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I think the 30% rule only means that a player's salary cannot exceed a 30% increase in the first year of the new contract. So most of these contracts probably have a negligible raise the first year and jump way up after that.

I think it applies to the base salary of each contract year...it can't bea raise more than 30% of the previous year.

The Jets got around that by giving a huge signing bonus to D'Brick that will be paid out sometime after the first day of the next league year and before the first game...that way, if there's a lockout, they don't have to pay him until things get back on track and games get scheduled.

But I've read that Revis (or more appropriately, Revis' agent) don't want to do it that way...(a lot of teams wanted to put that into the contract of the their first round picks but many weren't going for it.)

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I think it applies to the base salary of each contract year...it can't bea raise more than 30% of the previous year.

The Jets got around that by giving a huge signing bonus to D'Brick that will be paid out sometime after the first day of the next league year and before the first game...that way, if there's a lockout, they don't have to pay him until things get back on track and games get scheduled.

But I've read that Revis (or more appropriately, Revis' agent) don't want to do it that way...(a lot of teams wanted to put that into the contract of the their first round picks but many weren't going for it.)

D-Brick already has a high contract, so 30% rule doesn't apply to him so much. The issue is that the guaranteed money given out to new contracts still has to fit under the 2009 cap. That's why Brick isn't guaranteed against injury, just performance. Mangold was given rolling guarantees, but not much fully guaranteed (from what I understand) simply because we can't do it.

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Revis will be signed also, but there is no way in hell they can bring back David Harris as well, I'd probably be looking to trade him instead of losing him for nothing.

This also makes that Jason Brown deal(even though he hit FA) look like a bargain. Granted he's not in the same caliber but he is a very good young center you can build your offensive line around and looks Mangold may get twice as much.

Originally posted by Scott Wright

I guarantee that if someone picks Cam Newton in the Top 5 they will regret it.

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Revis will be signed also, but there is no way in hell they can bring back David Harris as well, I'd probably be looking to trade him instead of losing him for nothing.

No way we trade Harris. Right or wrong, this is a Superbowl push year for the Jets. Even if they think they can't sign him next year, they are going to hang on to him. And if we do win, or can at least come close, I wouldn't be surprised to see us fit him under. Remember, Braylon, Santonio, Cromartie, and Jason Taylor (essentially) are under one year deals. No way we bring them all back. One of the WR's, JT, and possibly Cromartie are gone by next year.